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73 [The Jews in Poland, though not persecuted, formed a separate

class, without share in the government of the country. They were

separated from the Poles by religion, customs, and language. Yet

instances of intermarriage and assimilation were not uncommon.

Compare p. 100.]

74 The pokucie is the place of honour, where formerly the

household gods were set, and where still the Russians hang their

sacred pictures (ikons). Here a Lithuanian peasant seats any

guest whom he desires to honour.

75 [July mead (lipcowy miod) perhaps might better be called

linden-flower mead. The Polish name of July, lipiec, is derived

from lipa, a linden tree. See the epigram quoted in note 67.]

76 [See note 2. Since Czenstochowa was in the Grand Duchy of

Warsaw, Robak finds occasion to hint at the reunion of Lithuania

and the Kingdom.]

77 [The reference is to the Eastern (Orthodox) Church, the state

church of Russia.]

78 [Compare p. 319.]